Tag: Business & Human Rights
Still can’t get a woop, woop! Twitter battered on matter of politi-natter scatter button
Civil society dissects draft telecoms plan
Digital rights groups pressure Twitter to restore Politwoops
Ngo’s spreken zich uit tegen Twitter-blokkade Politwoops
Rights groups are going after Twitter for banning a tool that digs up deleted tweets from politician
Rights groups call on Twitter to reverse its ban on Politwoops accounts
Rights groups rail against Twitter’s Politwoops ban
Exploring socially disruptive technology and human rights at the World Economic Forum in China
Brett Solomon will speak next at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, discussing socially disruptive technology and its impact upon digital rights and users at risk.
Digital Security Helpline case study: Defending freedom of expression in Sudan
During the 2015 general elections in Sudan, several online newspapers were targeted for malicious hacking and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. When one opposition newspaper became unreachable due to a suspected DDoS attack, Dalia Haj-Omar, a Sudanese human rights advocate living in France, enlisted the help of Access’ Digital Security Helpline, through which activists, independent media, and civil society organizations across the globe can get real-time, direct technical assistance and advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With our assistance, the opposition paper was accessible again within 48 hours.
Defending users at risk from DDoS attacks: An evolving challenge
Gustaf Björksten discusses the evolving challenge of helping Digital Security Helpline clients fight off Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.